one of them uttered a shriek of terror, mistaking the character of their visitor.  He told them that he was their friend; and his name was Elisha Tyson.  That name was enough for them, for their whole race had been long taught to utter it.  He inquired, ’if any of them were entitled to their freedom?’ ‘Yes,’ said one, ’these two boys say that they and their, mother here are free, but she can’t speak to you, for she is gagged.’  Mr. Tyson approached this woman, and found that she was really deprived of her utterance.  He instantly cut away the band that held in the gag, and thus gave speech to the dumb.  She told her tale; ’she was manumitted by a gentleman on the eastern shore of Maryland; her sons were born after her emancipation, and of course free.  She referred to persons and papers.  She had come over the Chesapeake in a packet, for the purpose of getting employment; and was, with her children, decoyed away immediately on her arrival, by a person who brought her to that house.  Mr. Tyson told her to be of good comfort, for he would immediately provide the means of her rescue.  He then left the dungeon and ascended the stair way, when he reached the scene of his preceding contest; he, looked around, but saw no one save the keeper of the tavern.  Fearing that the others had escaped, or were about to escape, he hastened out of the house, and proceeded with rapid strides in pursuit of a constable.  He soon found one and entreated his assistance.  But the officer refused, unless Mr. Tyson would give him a bond of indemnity against all loss which he might suffer by his interference.  Mr. Tyson complied without hesitation.  The officer, after summoning assistance, proceeded with Mr. Tyson to the scene of cruelty.  There meeting with the tavern keeper, they compelled him to unlock the fetters of the three individuals claiming their freedom.  They then searched the house for the supposed kidnappers, and found two of them; in, bed, whom, together with the women, and children, they conveyed that night to the jail of Baltimore county, to await the decision of a court of justice.  The final consequence was, the mother and children were adjudged free.  One of the two slave-traders, taken as afore-mentioned in custody, was found guilty of having kidnapped them, and was sentenced to the Maryland penitentiary, for a term of years.

“On another occasion, Mr. Tyson having received satisfactory evidence that a colored person, on board a vessel about to sail for New Orleans, in Louisiana, was entitled to his freedom, hastened to his assistance.  On reaching the wharf, where the vessel had lain, he learned that she had cleared out the day before, and was then lying at anchor, a mile down the river.  He immediately procured two officers of the peace, with whom he proceeded in a batteau, with a full determination to board the suspected ship.

“When he arrived alongside, he hailed the captain and asked him ’whether such a person, (naming him,) having on board negroes